| Project name | Net-Zero Concrete with Carbonatable Binders, Rapid Reactivity Testing, Internal CO2-Curing, and Upscaling Computations |
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| Acronym | C-Cure |
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| Grantor |
DFG (https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/542229402) |
| Duration | from: 2024 to: 2027 |
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Research field |
M+M (E+E > Energy + Environment I+I > Information + Intelligence M+M > Matter + Materials) |
| Project content | C-Cure addresses DFG Priority Programmes SPP-2436's objectives of achieving net-zero concrete by developing alternative binders and innovative carbonation strategies. It integrates experimental and computational techniques to analyze binder kinetics, focusing on internal/external CO2 curing and multi-scale modeling. Key goals include overcoming limitations in binder processing, CO2 diffusion, and binder reactivity. Work Package 1 (WP1) formulates carbonatable binders and assesses processing parameters. WP2 explores material composition and carbonation using CO2-loaded precursors, focusing on microstructural development. WP3 tests mortar mechanical and diffusivity properties, while WP4 develops a computational model to simulate binder curing and predict carbonation kinetics at various scales. |
